May 30, 2008
GET READY FOR MEXICO!
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Mark your calendar! |
After you unpack your bags in Mexico City, head to the "International Summit on Poverty, Homelessness and HIV/AIDS" satellite session on August 3 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Attend this revolutionary meeting at the International AIDS Conference (IAC) to create a plan to address homelessness and poverty as roadblocks to defeating the AIDS epidemic. Click here to read the position paper for the summit.
To contribute to the planning of the session or help draft the declaration, contact Christine Campbell at campbell@housingworks.org or 202-408-0305.
The two-hour summit is organized by the National AIDS Housing Coalition, Housing Works, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Ontario HIV Treatment Network, with committee members from Thailand, China, Kenya, South Africa, the U.S. and Canada. Participants will work together to develop and present to the IAC a declaration demanding adequate housing as a fundamental human right and an essential element of effective HIV prevention and health care.
"Housing is one of the most important needs for people with HIV to live in dignity, security and keep their health," said Priya Gopalen, the Overseas Program Officer at Rooftop Canada/Abri International and a summit organizer. "The AIDS sector is already stretched providing medical and counseling services to affected families, and housing has not been considered an issue in this mix."